SQL PASS Summit 2012 Keynote Day 1

Hello Dear Reader!  I'm sitting in the Keynote now writting up a summary of the event.  More to come!

Summit 2012 Keynote Day1

This post is a live recap of the keynote at the PASS Summit 2012 conference.
Bill Graziano opens Summit 2012 with...

PASS Summit 2012-Wednesday Keynote Part 1

It’s 8:15 on Wednesday and I’m at the blogger table, hoping for a good to great keynote.
First up is Bill...

5 recommendations for attending #sqlpass #summit12

The following are five recommendations I would like to share with anyone attending the #sqlpass member summit. I hope you...

SQL Server 2012 Skills Upgrade–November

There are still some places available for Learning Tree’s SQL Server 2012 Skills Upgrade course  this November. The class is...

How to save deadlock graph events as .xdl file in SQL Server ?

How to save deadlock graph events as .xdl file ?

On the File menu, click New Trace, and then connect to...

New Book: SQL Backup and Recovery - DBA Highlight

SQLPass Summit 2012, the
world's largest and most intensive technical training conference for Microsoft SQL
Server and BI professionals is in full...

Restarting and Shutting Down a Windows 2012 Server

I have been exploring Windows 2012 over the past week or so. Things look a little different to previous versions...

T-SQL Tuesday #36 - SQL Community (Guest Post)

This blog post is part of T-SQL Tuesday, a monthly SQL blog party with a rotating host and common topic....

Speaking at the Boulder SQL Server Users Group – November

I’m scheduled to give “The Encryption Primer” at the Boulder SQL Server Users Group on the November 13 meeting. It’s...